Huntsville gazette., 1887-09-03
SOUTHERN GI.EANiNGS.

UOHliHeDb BUSINESS man anu manufacturer
If that city, died at New Haven, Conn.,, a
,ew days since. He was fifty-seven years
If age.
Work on the Bald Knob extension of the
Missouri Pacific road from Bald Knob,
No., to Memphis, Tenn, distance of
sghty-three miles, is being pushed rapid
ly, and trains will be running by Novem-
Der i.
G. E. Bartlett, cashier of the Sumter
National Bank at Sumter, S. c., disap-
peared few days ago, and it was sabse-
quently ascertained that he had absconded
with about $4,000. The bank has suspend
ed temporarily, but can stand the loss.
g. G. Miller, of Starke, Fla, a wealthy
orange-g-ower, and J. G. Richards, also a
wealthy citizen of that place, quarreled
recently over domestic difficulty. Rich
ards was shot and mortally wounded.
Miller, fearing lynching, fed to Jackson
vile, where he is under arrest.
William Wilson was assassinated near
Vicksburg, Miss, few nights ago, while
on his way home, by Perry johnson, who
was concealed in the bushes. The latter
was arrested and jailed at Vicksburg.
Both parties are colored, and have been
under peace bonds for the past five months.
Thomas Green, Berry Cook, James Cook
and William Taylor became enraged st
Tiny Charlton at a negro supper, three
miles from Savannah, Ga, few nights
ago. When on the way homs Green
felled Charlton to the ground with a club,
and when the latter regained conscious
ness Berry Cook stabbed him in the throat
with knife, running the blade in to the
hilt.
An anti-Cleveland daily newspaper, to
be called the World, is soon to be started
at Atlanta Ga.
In a Tennessee town nineteen Of the last
twenty babies born were girls.
Caterpillars have appeared in Houston
County, Ga, in large numbers. They have
done little damage as yet, but will soon
clear up things if they are as aggressive as
those of last season.
Wholesale merchants in New York re-
port bigger orders from the South this sea-
son than ever before. Prosperity in the
South seems to have come to stay.
A North Carolina man has given the
ladies' aid society of his church five
thousand cigarettes to be sold for the be-
nevolent objects of the society. Some
people have queer ideas of doing good.
Governor Knott of Kentucky, at the ex-
piration of his term of office, will settle in
Louisville and perhaps become a journal
ist. He is said to have an eye on the
United States Senate.
The South Carolina rice crop has been
almost ruined by floods. The losses of the
planters are enormous, and the colored
plantation hands are threatened with
starvation during the winter unless re-
lieved by public charity.
Mrs. Sarah Jackson, wife Of Andrew
Jackson, Jr., and mistress of the White
House during President Jackson's second
term, died at ''The Hermitage" a few
days since, aged Ell ghty-one years.
A tobacco factory belonging to J. R..
Hardin & Co., at Magan, KY, burned a
few nights ago. The building contained
10000 pounds of tobacco, which was par
TALLY insured. There was no insurance on
the building. Evidences of incendiarism
were discovered.
Mrs. Catherine Mauser, who celebrated
her ninetieth birthday on the 4th inst,
died few nights ago at her residence in
Hopkinsville, KY. Mrs. Mauser was born
and reared in Virginia. Her remains were
sent to relatives in Newport, KY, where
they were inferred
The Standard Oil Works, Pearce's dis.
tillery and Swans marble works at Nash
Vile, Tenn, were destroyed by fire a few
nights ago. The loss will aggregate nearly
100000; insurance very small. The origin
Of the fire is unknown.
The former indictments against Presi
dent Hadden of Memphis, Tenn, having
been quashed by Judge Dubose, the mat
ier was referred to the new grand jury.
~ HoI ind diatr,o r,fc
two for embezzlement and two for NAL
ieasance in office. President Hadden il
lying very i'll at Montesano, Ala.
Jacob Sipes, well-known and wealthy
lrmer, was thrown from his buggy and
Instantly killed near Custer, KY, few
avs ago. The wheel of his buggy STRUCK
stone in the road, and he was pitched
it, his head striking the stone He leaves
large family.
Work has been begun on the erection OF
a 100000 bridge over the Tenness river at
c chattanooga, Tenn. The necessary stock
for building the bridge was raised in the
ci ", and tb1 yntire subscription list has
be en- closed, and contract signed with q
br idge company for the erection of the
br idge. 1t will be an elegant structure
at out 1,500 feet in length.
During thunderstorm in Aiken County.
S. c., few days ago, Mrs. Allen Pool,
Nj s. James Harley and Mrs. Uri Noble,
wi h their children, were returning tc
their home from a visit to a neighbor's
ho 1se, when bolt of lightning struck in
their midst, instantly killing Mrs Noble
and seriously, and perhaps fatally, injur-
ing Mrs. Pool. Four of the children were
slightly hurt. Mrs. Noble's infant, which
she was carrying in her arms when she
was killed, escaped without the slightest
injury.
Major W. s. Munday died at his resi-.
dence in Gallatin, Tenn, few days age
from cancer of the tongue. He was sixty
seven years old, and had long been regard
ed as one of the most successful lawyers ID
Middle Tennessee. At the age of twenty
one he was elected County Court clerk and
in 1855 was State Senator. He was
prominent Odd Fellow, and at one time
was representative to the Supreme Lodge.
He leaves widow and son.
Emil Coffman, of Hawesyille, KY, was
having a well dug on his property for the
purpose of supplying water for his milling
machinery, and had reached depth OF
thirty feet, when the diggers announced